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<center><big>'''Welcome to the School of Medicine!'''</big></center> | <center><big>'''Welcome to the School of Medicine!'''</big></center> | ||
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'''[[w:Medicine|Medicine]]''' is the branch of [[w:health science|health science]] and the sector of public life concerned with maintaining or restoring [[w:human|human]] [[w:health|health]] through the study, diagnosis and treatment of [[w:disease|disease]] and [[w:injury|injury]]. It is both an ''area of knowledge'' – a [[w:science|science]] of [[w:body|body]] [[w:organ system|systems]], their diseases and treatment – and the ''applied practice'' of that knowledge. However, ''medicine'' often refers more specifically to matters dealt with by [[w:physician|physicians]] and [[w:surgery|surgeons]]. | |||
Medicine is both an area of knowledge (a ''science''), and the application of that knowledge (by the medical profession and other health professionals such as nurses). The various specialized branches of the science of medicine correspond to the equally specialized medical professions dealing with particular organs or diseases. The science of medicine is the knowledge of body systems and diseases, while the [[w:profession|profession]] of medicine refers to the social structure of the group of people formally trained to apply that knowledge to treat disease. | |||
Medicine comprises various specialized sub-branches, such as [[w:cardiology|cardiology]], [[w:pulmonology|pulmonology]], [[w:neurology|neurology]], or other fields such as sports medicine, research or public health. | |||
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==Divisions and Departments== | ==Divisions and Departments== | ||
Revision as of 23:57, 23 August 2006
Medicine is the branch of health science and the sector of public life concerned with maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis and treatment of disease and injury. It is both an area of knowledge – a science of body systems, their diseases and treatment – and the applied practice of that knowledge. However, medicine often refers more specifically to matters dealt with by physicians and surgeons.
Medicine is both an area of knowledge (a science), and the application of that knowledge (by the medical profession and other health professionals such as nurses). The various specialized branches of the science of medicine correspond to the equally specialized medical professions dealing with particular organs or diseases. The science of medicine is the knowledge of body systems and diseases, while the profession of medicine refers to the social structure of the group of people formally trained to apply that knowledge to treat disease.
Medicine comprises various specialized sub-branches, such as cardiology, pulmonology, neurology, or other fields such as sports medicine, research or public health.
Divisions and Departments
Division of Surgery and Anesthesiology
Division of General and Internal Medicine
Division of Healthcare and General Practice
Division of Woman, Child and Geriatric Health
Division of Neurosciences
Division of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Sciences
Division of Experimental Medicine
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School news
- August 24, 2006 - School founded!